The US Senate is the most unrepresentative major legislature in the world. Since our Constitution grants each state two senators regardless of population, millions of people are underrepresented.

Although California has the same number of votes as Wyoming, its population, currently at 38.3 million, is now some 65 times larger. One Californian thus has 1.5% of the voting clout in Senate elections as someone living a few hundred miles to the east. What’s more, thanks to filibuster rules, 41 senators representing less than 11% of the population can prevent any bill from even coming to a vote. These maps show how long this has been the case.